Davidson Day's Class of 2009 graduated Friday. (Photo by Paul Cotter)

The first graduating class at Davidson Day School received diplomas Friday, May 29, at an emotional ceremony in the school’s new auditorium.  Ten students graduated from the fast-growing private prep school on Jetton Street. The school expanded to a full pre-K to 12 program in the 2008-09 school year, and dedicated a new Arts & Athletics Center in January, where the first commencement was held. Read the full story

Those are pretty big shoes to fill! Tylan Murrell (at right) specially designed this pair of basketball star center Andrew Lovedale's shoes, which Murphy McConnell (at left) then won in a raffle.

Global issues related to Africa were the theme of a festival held Thursday at Children’s Community School.  The festival culminated a year of research by the school’s seventh graders.  Special guests included Davidson College  basketball star Andrew Lovedale, whose work to raise money for athletics in his hometown of Benin City, Nigeria, corresponded perfectly with the festival focus.

We have a report on the CCS awareness festival, along with news of the team of Woodlawn School historians who have qualified to compete at National History Day, two students from Davidson who have recently been honored at Charlotte Country Day, and a listing of end-of-year events at local schools. Read the full story

Signs of growth also visible at other area schools

Children’s Community School is getting ready to launch Phase 1 of an expansion to the secondary school level: renovating part of an industrial building on Armour Street into a high school.

The $5.5 million building campaign is just one of several signs of growth in schools that serve Davidson.  We have a report on the CCS plans, plus a listing of how area schools are expanding. Read the full story

With just a couple of weeks left before school lets out, many summer camps in and around Davidson still have openings. That includes some camps that in past years have filled early in the spring. Check our Summer Camps listings in The Guide for ideas, including a couple of listings just added: Davidson College’s popular day camp at Lake Norman and the new Davidson Choir Camp at St. Alban’s Church.

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Veronica Westendorf shows the town board possible site plans for a field at Roosevelt Wilson Park. (David Boraks photo)

Davidson commissioners agreed Tuesday to continue discussions with Children’s Community School on the school’s request to build a sports field on a portion of nearby Roosevelt Wilson Park, off Griffith Street. Read the full story

Pomp and Circumstance for local high schools officially begins this season with commencement at Cannon School today. We have a list of Davidson graduates from Cannon, along with a recent honor for a senior at Davidson Day (which holds graduation May 29).

The Davidson IB Science Olympiad team at the national competition in Georgia.

Also this week, we have news of the Davidson IB Science Olympiad team‘s success at nationals, a bottle cap recycling project at Davidson Day, and a number of end-of-year events at Children’s Community School.

UPDATED MONDAY, MAY 25, WITH A NEW PHOTO OF THE IB TEAM.

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Happy Mom Megan Blackwell holds new son, Shaw.

As Charles Schulz taught us in the Peanuts comic strip, “Happiness is a warm puppy!”  But today Around Davidson not only found happiness in a new puppy for the Hess household but also in 12,000 Goody “ouchless”  hair bands, in hundreds of roses at the home of Emmy and Bill Morrison, in dozens of balloons reaching for the sky to celebrate Children’s Book Week at McKinney Academy and in a new bundle of joy for Greg and Megan Blackwell.

In addition there were smiles of happiness throughout the congregation of Davidson United Methodist Church as they collected almost $5,000 for a delighted Davidson College senior Andrew Lovedale to pursue his summer basketball program for youth back home in Nigeria. Read the full story

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